1 So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
2 And
these were the
princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
3 Elihoreph
and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the
recorder.
4 And
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the
priests:
5 And
Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son
of Nathan was principal
officer, and the
king's friend:
6 And
Ahishar was over
the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
7 And
Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the
king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
8 And
these are their
names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
9 The
son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:
10 The
son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
11 The
son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of
Solomon to wife:
12 Baana
the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all
Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from
Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
13 The
son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh,
which are in
Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in
Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:
14 Ahinadab
the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
15 Ahimaaz was in
Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
16 Baanah
the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
17 Jehoshaphat
the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
18 Shimei
the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
19 Geber
the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the
country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the
only officer which was in the land.
20 Judah
and Israel were many,
as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and
drinking, and making merry.
21 And
Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the
Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served
Solomon all the days of his life.
22 And
Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and
threescore measures of meal,
23 Ten
fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside
harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
24 For
he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah
even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on
all sides round about him.
25 And
Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree,
from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
26 And
Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve
thousand horsemen.
27 And
those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto
king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.
28 Barley
also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were,
every man according to his charge.
29 And
God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of
heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
30 And
Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country,
and all the wisdom of Egypt.
31 For
he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and
Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
32 And
he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
33 And
he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that
springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of
creeping things, and of fishes.
34 And
there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the
earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
